On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:43:10 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Except you can never break Gentoo with a kernel update because, unlike > > some other distros, installing a new kernel does not uninstall the > > previous one. No matter how badly wrng a kernel update goes, you can > > always hit reset then select the old one from the GRUB menu - > > reinstallation doesn't come into it. > > My understanding is that this is not true, and that a USERLAND update > (LVM2, which I use, among them) can cause breakage that will cause the > CURRENT kernel+initramfs to no longer boot. > > Is my understanding flawed?
I would say so. Unless you change the LVM metadata in such a way that the tools in the initramfs cannt read it, I don't see how this can happen. And you'd have to recreates your LVs for that to occur. > Totally side question: Anyone ever hear Linus' opinion of an initramfs > being required to boot a system? I suppose the fact that his kernel includes an initramfs and always tries to load it when booting, and that there isn't even an option to disable this behaviour, gives a good indication of his feelings towards the idea of an initramfs. -- Neil Bothwick Q. What is the difference between Queensland and yoghurt? A. Yoghurt has an active culture.
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